Students presented their startup ideas to a room full of venture capitalists. Everyone had to write down their top three choices on the back of personalized cards.

I liked a startup called Anjna, so I wrote it on the back of my card... after hearing Anjna's founder Vineet Singal give his pitch on-stage.

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Stanford senior Singal believes in the power of technology. After all, a cell phone saved his life. He told us that he was taken hostage when he was 12-years-old when a terrorist attack occurred near his school.

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SoftTech VC managing partner Jeff Clavier said "We are always happy to help people because it's good for the karma for the valley. Even though it sounds cheesy, it's something we all believe in."

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Steve Vassallo of Foundation Capital (on the left) has a soft spot for young entrepreneurs.

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After all, he started Steve's Snowblowing Service at age 13. And here's his card to prove it!

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David Hornik, a general partner at August Capital, attended every class.

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Bill Coleman is also one of the advisors for the course. He is the founder of BEA Systems, which sold to Oracle for $8.5 billion. He's is now a partner at Alsop Louie Partners, which is the firm Fu works for.

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Standing in the middle is Tom Kosnik, a professor at Stanford Technology Ventures Program. He was the one who introduced us to Fu after we met him at a holiday party.

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Noe Lazano, the associate dean of the Stanford School of Engineering, told us about the importance of a T-shaped engineer. That must be a Stanford thing...